The Security Officer Leadership Programme

A diverse group of people work in security professions and with a variety of organisations and companies. These professionals need the opportunity to learn about and develop leadership knowledge and skills to enhance both personal and organisational performance. Security departments and their employees need these skills to allow for greater alignment with the organization's vision, mission and goals. Security professionals need to function effectively within the realm of the larger organisation, so it is essential they have leadership skill and ability to lead their teams. In order to achieve a level of best practice in leadership, security professionals should understand the role of leadership as it applies to their industry, their organisation and their team.

“The Security Officer Leadership Programme” training course is designed to identify and equip delegates with techniques and ability to perform their duties using some of the current best practices in leadership. The training course is an opportunity to develop leadership skills that will assist in working better together, learning to handle conflict situations, implementing time management techniques and understanding the need to have an attitude that is accepting of change. This The Security Officer Leadership Programme training course is structured to work in partnership with a more technical security issue management course but is also appropriate as a separate leadership module. This highly interactive and hands-on seminar is designed to empower participants to have an opportunity to learn, understand and practice leadership techniques.

This The Security Officer Leadership Programme training course will feature:

• Change management
• Conflict management
• Effective communication and methods for team cooperation
• Human interaction and communication
• Personal organization and time management
• Diversity understanding

By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:

• Identify best leadership practices for security professionals
• Learn to build communication strategies, vital to a successful and productive security team
• Learn how leaders create rapport, build trust and establish credibility in a work group
• Build positive interpersonal and influencing techniques in team relationships
• Use techniques of effective and efficient time management
• Develop strategies to deal with stress, conflict and change

This The Security Officer Leadership Programme training course will be of benefit to those who find themselves responsible for or involved with mobile or static guarding or implementing guarding security in both the public and the private sector. In addition, it will raise the awareness for those personnel who have been allocated 'potential' or specific tasks in an existing security programme yet have had insufficient time to devote to the subject.

This The Security Officer Leadership Programme training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

• Security supervisors / officers
• Facility supervisors / officers
• HR and administrative supervisors responsible for security
• Health and Safety / Fire personnel

This The Security Officer Leadership Programme training course will utilise a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented.  Classroom presentations are designed to be interactive practical exercises, supported by audio visual material and case studies. Delegates will be expected to participate actively in relating the principles of security leadership to the specific needs of the industry.  Delegates attending this training course will gain an understanding of the strong business reasons why organisations should develop leadership capabilities in their security professionals. This will lead to improvements in their organisation's professional reputation and the ability to continue to function effectively and successfully in the current world.